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Lecture 17: Cryptosporidiosis and Coccidian diseases Flashcards

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Eimeria, cystioisospora, toxoplasma, neospora, and sacrocystis are all types of ___

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Coccidia

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Coccidians and cryptosporidium infect cells of ____

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GI and extra intestinal sites

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What are the two life stages of coccidia and cryptosporidium

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Zoie and oocyst

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What is the Zoite life stage

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Elongated, motile cells
Invade host cell

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What is the oocyst life cycle stage

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Environmentally resistant stage, shed in feces

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Oocysts contain infective ___ typically located within ____

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Sporozoites, sporocysts

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T or F: most cryptosporidium are host specific

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True

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What is the host for cryptosporidium cuniculus

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Rabbits

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What species of cryptosporidium is the exception to host specificity and infects ruminants, horses and humans

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C. Parvum

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How is cryptosporidium transmitted

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Ingested or inhaled

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Describe the direct life cycle of cryptosporidium

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  1. Oocyst ingested/inhaled
  2. Sporozoites excyst
  3. Infect host cells
  4. Develop into meronts
  5. Schizogeny
  6. Gametogeny
  7. Fertilization
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What is schizogeny

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  1. Meronts divide into type I meront
  2. Type I meronts form merozoites
    3, merozoites infect host cells
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What is gametogeny

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Subset of merozoites infect host cells and develop into gamonts—> gametes

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Describe fertilization in the enteric cycle

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  1. Zygotes develop into oocysts
  2. Sporogeny- oocysts sporulate endogenously
  3. Thin walled oocysts- Sporozoites excyst and reinfect host (auto-infection)
  4. Thick walled oocysts: exit host, infective when shed, via bale for months
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15
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Do cryptosporidium have endogenous or exogenous sporogeny

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Endogenous

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How does auto-infection occur in cryptosporidium

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Thin walled oocysts become Sporozoites and reinfect host

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What are the two broad types/diseases that cryptosporidium can cause

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  1. GI
  2. Respiratory
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T or F: most hosts with GI cryptosporidosis have mild to moderate, self limiting diarrhea

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True

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The severe form that is potentially fatal for GI cryptosporidosis is common in….

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Immunocomprimised hosts or animals with concurrent infections

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what two species of cryptosporidium typically cause GI cryptosporidosis

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C. Parvum and C. Baileyi

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What is the causative agent/species of GI cryptosporidosis for ruminants and horses

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C. Parvum

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What is the causative agent/species for of GI cryptosporidosis in poultry

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C. Baileyi

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What species is respiratory cryptosporidosis commonly seen in

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Avian

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What is the causative agent of respiratory cryptosporidosis in birds

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C. Baileyi

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How do you diagnose cryptosporidosis

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Microscopy (acid fast stain), ELISA, PCR

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26
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What stain is preferred for cryptosporidosis

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Acid-fast

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What is the treat for cryptosporidosis in dogs and cats

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Paromomycin

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What is the treatment for cryptosporidosis in calves

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Nitazoxanide

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T or F: eimeria spp have narrow host specificity

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True

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What species does eimeria have the largest impact on

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Ruminants and poultry

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Where do eimeria species infect

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GI tract: enterocytes and/or cells within the lamina propria

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What is the predilection site for E. Tenella

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Cecum

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What type of lifecycle do eimeria have

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Direct life cycle

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34
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How is eimeria transmitted

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Fecal-oral transmission

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T or F: eimeria have an enteric cycle

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True

Enteric life cycle: schizogeny, gametogeny, fertilization, oocyst production

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36
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Do eimeria sporulate endogenously or exogenously

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Exogenously

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37
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What is damaged by eimeria induced coccidiosis that causes mild to moderate disease

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Epithelium

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What is damaged by eimeria induced coccidiosis that causes severe disease

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Damage to epithelium and tissues within lamina propria

39
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What is the eimeria or cattle

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E. Bovis and E. Zuernii

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What does E. Bovis and E. Zuernii cause in cattle

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Bloody stools and tenesmus in calves

41
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What is winter coccidosis for E. Bovis

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Severe cold provokes disease even at low infection levels

42
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What is nervous coccidiosis in E. Bovis

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Enteritis and neurological disturbances, mainly seen in coldest months

43
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T or F: sheep and goats are hosts for many of the same eimeria species

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False, high host specificity

44
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What is the eimeria spp. that infects poultry

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E. Tenella

45
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What is the preferred fecal test for diagnosing eimeria

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Fecal float

46
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What is the preferred anticoccidal drug for cattle, small ruminants and poultry against eimeria induced coccidiosis

47
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T or F: cystsospora have high host specificity

48
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Where do cystoispora primarily infect

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GI tract, infect enterocytes

49
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What type of lifecycle do cystoisospora have

50
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What types of transmission does cystoispora have

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Fecal-oral transmission and paratenic hosts

51
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What are the common paratenic host for cystoisospora

52
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How does the paratenic host infect the definitive host

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Paratenic host ingest oocyst and Sporozoites encyst and form tissue cysts which are infective to definitive host

53
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T or F: cystoispora have an enteric cycle

54
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Does sporulation take place exogenously or endogenously in cystoisospora

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Exogenously

55
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What is the species/causative agent of cystoisospora coccidiosis in swine

56
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What pigs are commonly infected with C. Suis

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What is the species/causative agent of cystoisospora coccidiosis in dogs

58
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What is the species/causative agent of cystoisospora in cats

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C. Felis and C. Rivolta

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What is the definitive host for toxoplasma gondii

60
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How are cats infected with toxoplasma gondii

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Eating tissue cysts harbored in infected intermediate hosts

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T or F toxoplasma gondii has an enteric cycle

62
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Do oocysts sporulate exogenously or endogenously in toxoplasma gondii

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Exogenously

63
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Describe the extra-enteric cycle of toxoplasma gondii that occurs in intermediate hosts

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Tachyzoites develop and rupture out of SI and mesenteric lymph node cells

Tachyzoites then infect cells throughout body

Cause acute toxoplasmosis and can infect placenta and fetus

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Tachyzoites form ___ containing ____ in CNS, muscle and visceral organs

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Tissue cysts, bradyzoites

65
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T or F: bradyzoites only infect intermediate host.

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False, bradyzoites are infective to intermittent and definitive host (felids)

66
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What phase causes chronic toxoplasmosis

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Tissue cyst phase

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Which host (intermediate or definitive) dose acute toxoplasmosis occur in

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Intermediate

68
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Which host (intermediate or definitive) does chronic toxoplasmosis occur in

69
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What species does toxoplasmosis commonly cause abortion and stillbirth

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Small ruminants- sheep and goats

70
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T or F: treatment of toxoplasmosis eliminates bradyzoites in tissue cysts (chronic toxoplasmosis)

71
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What is the definitive host for neospora caninum

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How is neospora caninum transmitted

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Ingestion of tissue cysts harbored by intermediate host

73
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Does neospora caninum have endogenous or exogenous sporulation

74
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Describe the extra enteric cycle of neospora caninum

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Tissue cysts embed primarily in CNS and muscle causing a life long infection

75
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T or F: neospora caninum can be transmitted placentally

76
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What is the intermediate host for neospora caninum

77
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Describe the symptoms experienced by puppies with neosporosis

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Hindlimb paresis with hyperextension, muscle atrophy, cervical weakness and dysphasia

(Subclinical typically)

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What are some symptoms experienced by adult dogs with neosporosis

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Multifocal CNS and polymyositis, myocarditis, dermatitis, pneumonia, hepatitis, peritonitis, in continence

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What species does neosporosis cause abortion in

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Cattle with neosporosis that give birth often have fetuses that are ____

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Autolyzed, mummified, still born

81
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What species of neosporosis do horses get

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N. Hughesi

82
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What does N. Hughesi cause in horses

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Equine Protozoa myeloencephalitis- spinal cord and brain lesions

83
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T or F: sarcocystis have broad host specificity

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False, very strict

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What is the one species of sarcocystic that has various intermediate hosts and therefore not highly host specific

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S. Neurona

85
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What is the definitive host for sarcocystis

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Carnivorous and omnivorous mammals, birds and reptiles

86
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How is sarcocystis transmitted

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Ingestion of tissue cysts (sarcocysts) in striated muscle of infected intermediate hosts

87
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What species of sarcocystis infect cattle

88
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What is the definitive host for S. Cruzi

89
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What species of sarcocystis infect sheep

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S. Tenella

90
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What is the definitive host of S. Tenella

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